Principal Project Management Consultant in Portland, Oregon - #73575 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 73575

Principal Project Management Consultant
Our client is seeking a Principal Project Management Consultant to serve as a strategic leader for large, high-impact technology programs. This is not a traditional program management role. The ideal candidate brings executive presence, sound judgment, and a record of turning business strategy into measurable results across a complex enterprise.

This role is a hybrid work model in Portland, OR; Renton, WA; Pasadena or Pleasanton, CA; Atlanta, GA; Greenwood Village, CO; Hyattsville, MD; Washington DC.

Principal Project Management Consultant Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale, cross-functional programs and portfolios with eight-figure budgets, from concept through launch and stabilization.
• Translate business strategy into scalable technology solutions by aligning business, IT, operations, and vendor teams around shared goals.
• Build trusted partnerships with senior executives, clinical, and finance leaders, influencing priorities and decisions without direct authority.
• Establish program governance, prioritization, and roadmaps, and support steering committees and review boards in making timely decisions.
• Own program financials, including budgeting, forecasting, business case development, and ongoing performance against plan.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and change across multiple interdependent workstreams, anticipating problems and putting contingency plans in place.
• Guide organizational change efforts, including user adoption, training, and implementation planning.
• Oversee vendor performance and contract relationships, including negotiations and invoice resolution.
• Promote and refine delivery standards and project management practices, and coach and mentor team members.
• Communicate difficult issues candidly to stakeholders and provide independent, objective advice.

Principal Project Management Consultant Qualifications

• Proven record of leading large, complex enterprise programs, including application development initiatives, that delivered measurable business outcomes through transformational change.
• Prior consulting experience with a major professional services firm.
• Executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders across business, technology, operations, and vendor organizations.
• Strategic thinking skills, including governance, prioritization, roadmap development, and organizational change leadership.
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and business case development.
• Expertise in risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• 10+ years of experience managing projects or programs using lifecycle methodologies such as SDLC, process management, and organizational change.
• 10+ years of experience managing project budgets and 5+ years leading project teams.
• 5+ years of experience implementing large, complex projects in a corporate environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS, or a related field. Equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree.

Preferred:

• Healthcare industry experience, including familiarity with large, integrated health system operations.
• Experience applying Theory of Constraints or flow-based methods to improve throughput.
• Experience with Strategic Project Leadership (SPL) and structuring programs for effectiveness.
• Experience supporting governance bodies.

Salary: $184K–$278K/year + Bonus. (DOE)

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible full-time employees and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

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VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women & Diversity-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen places experienced professionals across the nation! Our recruitment teams specialize in either Technology and IT, Engineering, Human Resources, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Partner with us to land your next exciting career!

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